HRANS is pleased to partner with CCH Canadian Limited to bring you this online webinar.  

Join authors Eloise Gratton and Lyndsay Wasser, partners at McMillan LLP, for an in-depth look at the privacy issues that can arise in the workplace and how to deal with them.  Over the course of the webinar, Eloise Gratton and Lyndsay Wasser will address the various privacy issues that employers commonly face, and provide a practical guide to private-sector privacy and data protection laws for human resources professionals, managers, and others who are responsible for managing personal information of employees or ensuring that the organization's employees comply with applicable privacy laws.  Attendees will be able to "ask the experts" by posing live questions respecting specific workplace privacy issues throughout the webinar.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about key principles under Canadian privacy laws as they apply to workplace privacy;
• Obtain a basic understanding of the International privacy framework and the legal requirements pertaining to cross-boarder data transfers;
• Learn how to properly manage personal information throughout the lifecycle of the employment relationship;
• Understand what are the best practices for protecting personal information transmitted by fax, email, and mail and what  are the key steps in handling security breaches;
• Understand the legal requirements and restrictions applicable to the use of biometric information;
• Learn about the privacy issues and legal requirements pertaining to the video monitoring of employees inside and outside the workplace, computer monitoring of employees, telephone or audio monitoring of employees, and location tracking of employees;
• Learn about the legal requirements relevant to conducting social media or other background checks on employees and potential employees;
• Understand if and when employers can discipline employees for off-duty social media activities that are damaging to the employer;
• Learn about privacy issues pertaining to the use of websites and online marketing to promote business and anti-spam requirements;
• Learn about how to develop and administer privacy policies, procedures, training and other elements of a comprehensive privacy infrastructure;
• Learn about statutory changes as well as emerging trends in the interconnected areas of privacy and data protection.

Price

HRANS Members $126.65

Regular Price $149.00

(to obtain the HRANS member price, you must have Human Resources Association of Nova Scotia selected in the Associations field in your online CCH Canadian customer profile)

Registrants will receive a free copy of Privacy in the Workplace, a book authored by the speakers.

How to Register

Registration is done directly with CCH Canadian Limited online by clicking here.

CCH may also be reached by phone at 1-866-850-7467. 

Format:  You can participate right from your desk or office.  All you require is a computer with a high speed internet connection and a sound card.

This online seminar includes:

• A free copy of the publication written by the speakers called, Privacy in the Workplace, 3rd Edition
• A PowerPoint slide presentation
• A speaker and facilitator through voice-over presenting the slides and answering questions
• The ability to download the presentation
• The chance to interact through online question and answer periods and online polls.